i read confessions first and i loved it - i'm really a retold/fractured fairy tale lover!! - i think all of maguire's books are hard to get into but you've got to persist and once you reach a point you're hooked
for example i couldn't stand elphaba's parents at first but then they grew a bit on me but by the time elphaba went to shiz i was hooked
"Nothing is an accident, We are free to have it all, We are what we want to be, It's in ourselves to rise or fall!!" - "Fortune Favors the Brave" from Aida - the love that never died